
Virgin Cancer Cover is a brand new, completely unique insurance product designed to give you a cash lump sum to help you financially if you're diagnosed with cancer within the term of your insurance. It also covers you for death and terminal illness.
In a nutshell:- It covers you for most cancers, more than any other insurance, making it the most comprehensive cancer-only insurance you can get.
- It's designed to let you claim at earlier stages of cancer than with most other products, and claim more than once if you need to - up to your maximum cover allowance.
- It comes with built-in life insurance and terminal illness cover – claims for these don’t have to be cancer-related.
- It gives you a big advantage over traditional ‘joint life’ cover, where once one of you makes a claim the cover ends, and it gives you a discount if you and your partner apply and pay for cover together.
- It gives you all this from as little as £5 a month.
WHAT CANCER COVER ISN'T...

- It isn't critical illness cover
- It isn't income protection insurance
- It isn't accident, sickness and unemployment cover
It’s not a critical illness policy. They cover a wide variety of serious conditions such as heart attack, stroke and multiple sclerosis. Because they cover more conditions they're generally more expensive, however the most common claim on critical illness cover is for cancer. Typically the average critical illness policy (where life cover is included) will be 42% more expensive than Virgin Cancer Cover.
It isn’t income protection insurance (or permanent health insurance). That’s designed to produce an income (usually 50% of your salary) if you’re unable to work because of ill health due to any cause. You have to prove that your illness stops you being able to work and you'll need to pick how many weeks or months you're willing to wait before it starts paying out.
It isn't accident, sickness and unemployment cover which provides a regular income if you become unable to work as a result of an accident, sickness or disability. Accident, sickness and unemployment cover pays out a set income for a set time which you choose at the start of the plan.
We're not claiming to cure cancer or prevent it. Our insurance is simply designed to alleviate some of the financial burdens that can crop up if you get cancer in the future.
